Photo by Quantrell Colbert
Key Takeaways
Total 3-Day Weekend Gross:
$92,393,289 | -29.5% Last Week / -34.3% Weekend 33, 2024
WB’s Weapons continued to own the late-summer box office with a stellar $25M sophomore frame, while Nobody 2 did the nothing business we all expected ($9.25M). Due to a lack of major tentpoles this month we are once again far under year-over-year this time in 2024 when Alien: Romulus reignited the flame for that long-running franchise. This is also the first time in 13 weeks we’ve had a sub-$100M weekend, although it came in higher than our own expectations at $92M.
- Top Title: Weapons (Warner Bros.) | $25M / 3,450 Screens / $7,246 PSA | Week 2
- Top Opener: Nobody 2 (Universal) | $9.25M / 3,260 Screens / $2,837 PSA | Week 1
- Best PSA: Weapons (Warner Bros.) | $25M / 3,450 Screens / $7,246 PSA | Week 2
Highlights From the Weekend
1. Weapons
Warner Bros. | Week 2
$25M 3-Day Weekend | $89M Domestic Total
$148.8M Global Total
WB’s original horror thriller Weapons continued its box office assault with a $25M sophomore frame on 3,450 screens (+248) for a $7,246 Per Screen Average. That’s a -43% tumble from Frame 1, which is a larger drop than some handicappers were thinking, but still below -50% which is great for any movie. Having a few hundred extra screens helped, as did the positive word-of-mouth avalanche from last week. That hold, along with no competition going into next weekend, will likely result in a third stay at #1.
Domestic is now at $89M, which is precisely where WB/New Line’s Final Destinations: Bloodlines was at this same point in its run ($89.48M) around Memorial Day. That movie tapped out at $138.1M domestic and $285.3M global, which is now a solid North Star for Weapons‘ box office.
Here’s how the 3-Day looked…
- Friday – $7.5M
- Saturday – $9.68M
- Sunday – $7.79M
International business on Weapons kept pace with $18.4M for a $148.8M global total. Top 3 markets are the UK ($8.3M), Mexico ($5.5M), and France ($4M).
3. Nobody 2
Universal Pictures | NEW
$9.25M 3-Day Domestic Opening Weekend | $14.16M Global Total
Universal Pictures tried to create a franchise out of 2021 box office underachiever Nobody and came away with a #3 opening under $10M. In other words, they fought the law of the box office and the law won. Nobody 2 generated $9.25M in its debut frame on 3,260 screens for a $2,837 PSA. That fell towards the top of our prediction range, although we stated on Wednesday that we thought it would be a single-digit opening.
Here’s how the 3-Day looked, including $1.3M in Thursday previews…
- Friday – $3.87M
- Saturday – $3.11M
- Sunday – $2.27M
Audiences skewed male at 68%, with 59% of ticket buyers in the age 35+ column, which makes sense considering the cast leaned Gen-X/Y with Odenkirk, RZA, Sharon Stone, et al. Here’s how demographics looked…
- Caucasian – 52%
- Hispanic – 21%
- African American – 12%
- Asian – 8%
- NATAM/Other – 6%
Reactions across the board were merely okay, with 78% critical on RT alongside an 89% audience score and “B+” CinemaScore.
Overseas Nobody 2 managed not to distinguish itself during an international into 47 markets including UK & Ireland, Australia and Saudi Arabia where it earned an estimated $4.91M for a global opening total of $14.16M.
Other Notable Performances
Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps fell to the (appropriate) #4 slot this week with $8.8M (-44%) for a domestic total of $247M, placing it ahead of Doctor Strange ($232.6M) and likely to surpass Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($259.7M) in the coming weeks. The global haul now stands at $468.7M, still not having passed underperformer Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania ($476M). Meanwhile, WB’s Superman only dropped -34% to land at #6 with $5.28M despite launching early on Digital this weekend. It is now the fifth highest grossing DC-based movie ever domestically at $340.9M. In comparison to the DCEU, Superman has $594.5M globally which places it below Justice League ($661.3M) and Man of Steel ($667.99M).
Crunchyroll and Sony’s anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle opened to $17.5M in 8 Southeast Asian markets on 2,100+ screens, surpassing the entire lifetime gross in these regions for Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train as well as Frozen II. This stands as the biggest all-time animated opening for the market group. Exhibitors are reporting strong US pre-sales and we expect the title to become a solid contributor to the domestic box office in September.
Next Weekend
We can expect another slow August weekend next frame as two old-school auteurs release new films that look less-than-promising. Ethan Coen (one half of the Coen Bros) follows up last year’s dud Drive-Away Dolls ($5M domestic total) with the second chapter in his lesbian neo-noir comedy trilogy titled Honey Don’t! starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, and Chris Evans. Meanwhile, director Ron Howard’s survival thriller Eden features a star-studded cast (Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney) but struggled to find a US distributor after poor reviews at Sundance nearly a year ago (57% on RT). Boutique distributor Vertical ultimately picked it up.
Sunday Studio Estimates | Weekend 33 – 2025
Total 3-Day Domestic Gross: $92,393,289 | (-__% vs 2024)
| Title | Weekend Estimate | % Change | Locations | Location Change | PSA | Domestic Total | Week | Distributor |
| Weapons | $25,000,000 | -43% | 3,450 | 248 | $7,246 | 89,045,000 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| Freakier Friday | $14,500,000 | -49% | 3,975 | n/c | $3,648 | 54,776,337 | 2 | Walt Disney |
| Nobody 2 | $9,250,000 | 3,260 | $2,837 | 9,250,000 | 1 | Universal | ||
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps | $8,800,000 | -44% | 3,355 | -245 | $2,623 | 247,037,549 | 4 | Walt Disney |
| The Bad Guys 2 | $7,500,000 | -29% | 3,380 | -480 | $2,219 | 57,219,000 | 3 | Universal |
| Superman | $5,285,000 | -34% | 2,655 | -265 | $1,991 | 340,919,000 | 6 | Warner Bros. |
| The Naked Gun | $4,800,000 | -42% | 3,027 | -336 | $1,586 | 41,978,000 | 3 | Paramount Pi… |
| Jurassic World Rebirth | $2,900,000 | -40% | 2,270 | -421 | $1,278 | 332,120,000 | 7 | Universal |
| F1: The Movie | $2,660,000 | -9% | 1,172 | -179 | $2,270 | 182,807,000 | 8 | Warner Bros. |
| Shin Godzilla | $1,625,927 | 1,290 | $1,260 | 4,383,912 | 462 | GKIDS | ||
| Together | $1,071,570 | -58% | 1,300 | -925 | $824 | 19,700,615 | 3 | Neon |
| Sketch | $925,991 | -62% | 1,854 | -303 | $499 | 7,015,571 | 2 | Angel Studios |
| East of Wall | $355,000 | 626 | $567 | 355,000 | 1 | Sony Picture… | ||
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | $265,000 | -65% | 352 | -753 | $753 | 31,937,000 | 5 | Sony Pictures |
| How to Train Your Dragon | $179,000 | -61% | 243 | -357 | $737 | 262,051,000 | 10 | Universal |
| Smurfs | $135,000 | -72% | 306 | -507 | $441 | 30,807,000 | 5 | Paramount Pi… |
| My Mother’s Wedding | $94,941 | -78% | 201 | -201 | $472 | 770,968 | 2 | Vertical Ent… |
| CatVideoFest 2025 | $71,623 | -54% | 47 | -40 | $1,524 | 801,195 | 3 | Oscilloscope… |
| Elio | $51,000 | -30% | 70 | -120 | $729 | 72,898,171 | 9 | Walt Disney |
| Lilo & Stitch | $31,000 | -75% | 65 | -90 | $477 | 421,706,354 | 13 | Walt Disney |
| Suspended Time | $4,000 | 1 | $4,000 | 4,000 | 1 | Music Box Films |
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